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My Favorite PIs of Television
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Spenser For Hire - the Movie CollectionSpenser For Hire - the Movie Collection
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Robert Urich and Avery Brooks recreated their roles of Boston PI Spenser and his enforcer friend Hawk from the series. These movies were made after the TV series ended
B.L. Stryker - The Complete First SeasonB.L. Stryker - The Complete First Season
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Burt Reynolds is a New Orleans cop who retired to Florida and gets his PI license. This witty and charming show had the action with Reynold's humor intact with the character
Mannix - The First SeasonMannix - The First Season
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Mike Conners is Joe Mannix. The first season he worked for an agency, but he will always be the 1960's California PI. He is a high tech detective with hard bioled pulp ways
Best of Checkmate: Season OneBest of Checkmate: Season One
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Created By mystery author Eric Amber, Checkmate as an early PI series of the 1960's. San Francisco PIs Don Corey ( Anthony George) and Jed Sills(Doug McClure) run a detective with assistance of Dr Carl Hyatt (Sebastain Cabot)
The Rockford Files - Season OneThe Rockford Files - Season One
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James Garner is Jin Rockford. Down on his luck detective who takes many close cases and usually get beaten up for his trouble
The Equalizer - Season OneThe Equalizer - Season One
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Here is a twist on the PI genre. Edward Woodward is Robet McCall, an EX-Spy now PI in New York. There are times he is drawn back into the spy game by others. This complex character makes this show something to watch. He is estranged from his son and trying to develope a relationship with him. He is a man who wants to protect others, but sometimes his past gets in the way.
Magnum, P.I. - The Complete First SeasonMagnum, P.I. - The Complete First Season
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Thomas Magnum (Tom Selleck) is a Hawaiian PI who lives in the guest house of the estate of mystery writer Robin Masters and drives Robin's Ferrari. He and his friends TC and Rick solve cases in the Aloha state with a sense of adventure mixed with humor
The Dresden Files - The Complete First SeasonThe Dresden Files - The Complete First Season
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Here is an interesting twist. A Chicago PI who is a wizard. Paul Blackthorne is Harry Dresden, the wizard with the Raymond Chandler-ish rumple
Simon & Simon - Season OneSimon & Simon - Season One
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Rick (Gerald McRaney) and A.J. (Jameson Parker) (are two brothers who run a Calfornia detective agency. One is class, the other is beer, but blood is thicker than water as they work together
Riptide - The Complete First SeasonRiptide - The Complete First Season
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Two detectives (Joe Penny and Perry King) and their Brainy friend (Tom Bray) fill their days with action and adventure. The show produced by Stephen J. Cannell